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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Fatores de mortalidade de pequenas empresas: análise de empresas do setor varejista a partir do ciclo de vida organizacional
Get PDFCom o objetivo de descrever os fatores de mortalidade nos estágios de desenvolvimento das pequenas empresas, esta pesquisa foi realizada em seis empresas: duas em atividade, uma encerrada por vontade da proprietária-dirigente e três empresas que foram vendidas por insuficiência de capital. Apesar da relevância social e econômica das micro e pequenas empresas, seu ciclo de vida costuma ser interrompido prematuramente. As pesquisas sobre mortalidade ignoram as características típicas das pequenas empresas e o estágio do ciclo de vida no momento do encerramento. Esta pesquisa usou a abordagem qualitativa, sendo os dados coletados por meio de entrevistas e documentos e analisados por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo indutiva. Constatou-se que a mortalidade da pequena empresa pode ser influenciada por suas especificidades, pois são revelados os problemas típicos de cada estágio e, consequentemente, os fatores que podem ou não contribuir para o encerramento da empresa. Quanto aos estágios do ciclo de vida, sua duração também é diferente de uma empresa para outra, ainda que as especificidades sejam semelhantes no estágio. Os fatores determinantes do encerramento das pequenas empresas manifestaram-se de forma diferente nos três estágios iniciais da pequena empresa: gênesis, existência e sobrevivência. A importância dos fatores de mortalidade nas empresas do setor de vestuário pode variar de um estágio para outro, indicando que a relevância de um fator pode ser alterada à medida que a empresa se desenvolve. A manifestação de um fator pode ser benéfica em determinada fase do ciclo de vida e prejudicial em outra fase. A descrição dos fatores pode contribuir efetivamente para melhorar a eficácia da gestão empresarial, dependendo, para tanto, de treinamento adequado de empresários nos problemas típicos do estágio de desenvolvimento de sua empresa, de políticas públicas de fomento ao fortalecimento da pequena empresa e de pesquisas futuras pelo aprofundamento do estudo dos fatores relevantes de cada estágio.ABSTRACT - This thesis describes the mortality factors in the development stages of small businesses. Despite the socioeconomic relevance of small businesses, their life cycles are commonly interrupted prematurely. Researches on the mortality of small businesses have ignored the typical features of these companies, as well as their life cycle stage in their closing moment. This research was developed in six companies: two operating companies, one company closed by the owner-manager’s desire and three sold due to lack of capital. The qualitative approach was used and the data were collected through interviews and documents analyzed through inductive content analysis technique. The results show that the mortality factors can be influenced by specificities of small businesses because the typical problems of each stage are revealed, hence the factors that may or may not contribute towards closing the enterprises. Regarding the life cycle stages, the duration of the stages also differs from one enterprise to another, even if the specificities are similar. The determining factors of closure of small businesses are expressed in different ways during the three initial stages: genesis, existence and survival. The importance of mortality factors in companies in clothing sectors may vary from one stage to another, indicating that the relevance of one factor can be altered as the company develops. A certain factor can be beneficial in one stage of life cycle and detrimental in another. The description of the factors can improve the effectiveness of the business management, depending on the appropriate training of entrepreneurs in typical problems of development stages in their companies, on the public policies that empower small businesses and on future researchers by the deepening of the study of relevant factors of each stag
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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